Slash recently sat down with All Axess to discuss the most important guitars throughout his stories career, including his first ever guitar — one-string, Spanish acoustic guitar — and the infamous Appetite Les Paul. Watch the video interview below.

A film about CBGB, the legendary New York City rock venue that closed its doors in 2006, is in the works, and several top roles have already been cast; Alan Rickman will portray CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, for instance.

Even before Tom Cruise was set to star in the motion picture adaption of Rock of Ages, the Broadway musical has been generating serious buzz for it's fun and often hilarious take on the rock music of the 1980s.

Progressive metal icons Dream Theater recently put out the call for fans to send in their videos for the band's song "Lost Not Forgotten," off their latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. Yesterday, the band announced the winning video, which you can view below.

exas-based hard rockers the Sword will be hitting the studio later this month to start work on their fourth studio album, which has been dubbed Apocryphon. The recording process will kick off after the band's appearance at Metallica's Orion Music + More festival on June 23.